<p>India captain Virat Kohli believes he landed the job largely because his predecessor Mahendra Singh Dhoni was impressed with his reading of situations in matches.</p>.<p>Kohli, 31, replaced Dhoni as test captain in 2014-15 and took over the limited-overs reins in early 2017, becoming India's all-format leader as well the team's batting mainstay.</p>.<p>Fielding in the slips, Kohli had easy access to wicketkeeper Dhoni and he felt their chats in between deliveries earned him the trust of the former skipper.</p>.<p>"You start talking to the captain regularly," Kohli told team mate Ravichandran Ashwin in a chat on YouTube.</p>.<p>"I was always in MS's ear, standing next to him and saying 'We can do this, we can do that, what do you think?'.</p>.<p>"He would deny a lot of things but he would discuss a lot of things as well. I think he got a lot of confidence that I can do this after him.</p>.<p>"A large portion of me becoming captain was to do with him observing me for a long period of time. It just can't happen that he goes and the selectors say, 'Okay you become captain'."</p>.<p>Leading the national team of a cricket-mad country is one of the toughest jobs in the game but Kohli is enjoying the responsibility.</p>.<p>"I looked at it this way -- if I'm getting this opportunity, I need to work as hard as I can, because not many people get this chance," said Kohli, who led India to Under-19 World Cup title in 2008.</p>.<p>Kohli led India to the top of the world test rankings in October 2016 where they remained until Australia replaced them this month. India lost in the semi-finals of last year's one-day World Cup in England.</p>.<p>"I was always inclined to taking responsibility (but) becoming captain of India was not even in my wildest dreams to be honest," Kohli said.</p>
<p>India captain Virat Kohli believes he landed the job largely because his predecessor Mahendra Singh Dhoni was impressed with his reading of situations in matches.</p>.<p>Kohli, 31, replaced Dhoni as test captain in 2014-15 and took over the limited-overs reins in early 2017, becoming India's all-format leader as well the team's batting mainstay.</p>.<p>Fielding in the slips, Kohli had easy access to wicketkeeper Dhoni and he felt their chats in between deliveries earned him the trust of the former skipper.</p>.<p>"You start talking to the captain regularly," Kohli told team mate Ravichandran Ashwin in a chat on YouTube.</p>.<p>"I was always in MS's ear, standing next to him and saying 'We can do this, we can do that, what do you think?'.</p>.<p>"He would deny a lot of things but he would discuss a lot of things as well. I think he got a lot of confidence that I can do this after him.</p>.<p>"A large portion of me becoming captain was to do with him observing me for a long period of time. It just can't happen that he goes and the selectors say, 'Okay you become captain'."</p>.<p>Leading the national team of a cricket-mad country is one of the toughest jobs in the game but Kohli is enjoying the responsibility.</p>.<p>"I looked at it this way -- if I'm getting this opportunity, I need to work as hard as I can, because not many people get this chance," said Kohli, who led India to Under-19 World Cup title in 2008.</p>.<p>Kohli led India to the top of the world test rankings in October 2016 where they remained until Australia replaced them this month. India lost in the semi-finals of last year's one-day World Cup in England.</p>.<p>"I was always inclined to taking responsibility (but) becoming captain of India was not even in my wildest dreams to be honest," Kohli said.</p>